Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
A Whole New World Of Gold Demand Is Opening Up
Most analysis of gold and silver markets tends to be U.S.-centric. However, the next secular trend in precious metals markets may have less to do with U.S. debt, U.S. politics, the U.S. central bank, and the U.S. dollar and more to do with a gigantic new source of demand. It’s not the 1970s anymore. Back […]
Market Wrap – Wednesday, Mar. 8
A review of stocks, bonds and commodity markets. Video Length: 00:10:30
Google To Acquire Data Science Competition Specialist Kaggle For Undisclosed Amount
Written by StockNews.com Google parent Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL) has always been a major force in the data science and machine learning world, and its latest acquisition of Kaggle, a data science and machine learning competition specialist, will only solidify its strong positioning even further.
EC What If This Is As Good As It Gets?
There are a handful of movies that suck me in whenever they come around. Goodfellas. The Godfather. The Shawshank Redemption. Still, there’s only one production where I can never get enough of the main character’s outlandishness. Melvin Udall in As Good As It Gets. He hoards bars of soap as part of an obsessive-compulsive disorder. […]
Will EUR/USD Hit 1.05?
The European Central Bank’s monetary policy announcement will be the market’s primary focus tomorrow. The ECB is widely expected to keep policy unchanged but between their quarterly economic forecasts and Mario Draghi’s press conference, we can be assured that there will be wild swings in EUR/USD tomorrow. Since the last monetary policy meeting in January, […]
EC Fed Hikes And Stock Market Returns
It’s coming. Market participants are expecting the third Fed rate hike since December 2015 at next week’s FOMC meeting. This is a move up in expectations from the start the year when market participants were saying no hike would occur until June. The Fed Funds Effective Rate is now at its highest level since 2008, […]
Spark Energy, Inc. Announces Public Offering Of Series A Preferred Stock
HOUSTON, March 08, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spark Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPKE) (“Spark”) today announced that it has commenced a public offering of Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). […]
Following The Money May Have Solved EIA & USDA Data Mystery
Market Analysis Since its inception in February 2015, the USDA’s Cur-rent Agricultural Industrial Reports has issued a Grain Crushing Report each month providing the breakdown of corn’s various uses within the industrial world of US starch, High Fructose Corn Syrup, alcohol and fuel ethanol. After limited data being available on corn’s industrial demand, this report […]
Stock Valuation: Target Corporation
The following stock valuation is about a stock which experienced a heavy decline in its share price the past weeks due to a weaker performance in 2016 and a not so good looking outlook. It is about Target, which operates in the retail sector. A sector which will have a tough future due to a […]
Presidio IPO: Looks Hot
Presidio, Inc. (Pending:PSDO) has filed an S-1/A, setting the terms for its upcoming initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company intends to sell 16,666,666 shares at a marketed price range of $14 to $16. It also has an additional 2.5 million shares as an overallotment option for its underwriters. If PSDO prices […]
